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...desperate housewife, Sarah Pierce, who feels misunderstood by other stay-at-home moms, her husband, and even her daughter. One hot summer day at the playground, the moms fawn over the lone stay-at-home dad—Patrick Wilson, best known for his role as a closeted Mormon in HBO’s “Angels in America”—whom they have dubbed “The Prom King” for his All-American good looks and athleticism. To the shock of other moms, Sarah approaches him and engages him in witty banter...
...environment of support for the products. Many Utah supplement companies are owned or operated by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). In the 1800s, LDS founder Joseph Smith blamed traditional medicine for his brother's death and his own traumatic leg surgery. Early Mormon writings praised the "plants and roots, which God had prepared to remove the cause of diseases." In the 1940s, Mormon herbalist John Christopher preached about natural healing. A few decades later, three Utah companies--Nature's Herbs, Nature's Way and Nature's Sunshine--began selling his formulas...
...Daily Double on Jeopardy! you would want to bet cautiously. Not only does it have the ugliest cover of any book published so far this year (for what it's worth, the most beautiful is Bruce Wagner's Memorial), but also it is by Ken Jennings--you know, the Mormon computer-programmer celebrinerd who, beginning in 2004, rattled off a record-breaking 74-game Jeopardy! winning streak. Good enough for $2.5 million and 15 minutes of syndicated fame, but a book deal seems like a stretch...
...Evangelical." Nada for Catholics, Orthodox or the sort of Episcopalian who might, say, elect a gay bishop. According to Godspeed CEO Sears, who self-identifies as evangelical, most of this is accidental, and "we're definitely making a commitment to round it out," although he draws the line at Mormon commentaries. I would not hold my breath waiting for the Catholic-oriented New American Standard translation, however...
ARRESTED. Warren Jeffs, 50, fugitive leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a polygamist Mormon sect, who had been on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list since May; for allegedly arranging marriages between underage girls and older men; near Las Vegas. Jeffs, who is believed to have at least 40 wives and 60 children, is officially the church's "President and Prophet, Seer and Revelator." He was traveling in a car with a wife, a brother, several disguises and cell phones and more than $50,000 in cash. Jeffs, who vanished after being indicted...